Posted on 12/14/2006 12:20:51 PM PST by WestTexasWend
WASHINGTON -- The health of terrorist cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheik, is deteriorating _ renewing fears that his death in prison could trigger an attack on the United States, officials said Thursday.
There is no credible indication that an attack on the U.S. is imminent, said several law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.
In a two-page bulletin, dated Dec. 8, the FBI reported to federal intelligence officials that Rahman was rushed from prison to a Missouri hospital two days earlier for a blood transfusion. There, doctors discovered a tumor on Rahman's liver, according to the bulletin, which was described to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official.
But U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Tracy Billingsley said Rahman's condition has stabilized, and he has since been moved back to prison.
"His condition has improved," Billingsley said.
Officials said the bulletin served merely as a reminder that Rahman had called for retaliation by terror sympathizers if he died in prison. It cited a May 1998 press conference where al-Qaida members distributed his last will and testament, in which Rahman pleaded for followers to "extract the most violent revenge" should he die in U.S. custody.
The FBI did not have immediate comment on Thursday.
In a video in September marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahri, cited the continuing imprisonment of the sheik.
"I call on every Muslim to make use of every opportunity afforded him to take revenge on America for its imprisonment of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman," he said.
Rahman was sentenced to life in prison after his 1995 conviction for his advisory role in a plot to blow up New York City landmarks, including the United Nations.
His health has deteriorated in recent years, and he was transferred in September 2003 from the federal Supermax prison in Colorado, where the country's most notorious inmates are held, to the U.S. Medical Center for Prisons in Springfield, Mo. Prisons officials have said Rahman has suffered from diabetes, which has threatened the loss of his limbs.
I hope we keep him "alive" for many years:)
Set him free in Times Square an hour before New Year's.
How about a LA Bayou in August?
They want to fight? Let's fight.
Send him home from 20,000 ft
I'd like to know why they'd have to announce his death at all. I'd release a presser that the sheik had requested a period of personal solitary reflection, then never mention him again
On second thought, let's keep him alive as long as possible, and send him home one limb at a time.
They want to fight? Let's fight.
If the muzzies go nuts our government will have no business telling us not to fight them - my gloves will be off when they need to be, not when the government allows me to.
It is our RIGHT to fight them if they start a reign of terror on these shores.
How about a large catapult?
(..bayou in August..)
With a bunch of dead chickens tied around his waist.
Im with ya Kenton
time to take off the gloves and fight back FOR REAL.
ANYTHING triggers an attack. They'll just use it as an excuse.
I think it's time to bring in the best medical help for this poor fellow. Could someone please call Dr. Kevorkian?
That is a historically proven method of keeping your country muslim-free. It worked for Vlad Dracul. Brutality is all these people understand, anyway.
Muslim free with Zyklon B!
Strap him to a pig and bury him today, dead or alive.
Strap him to a pig and bury him today, dead or alive.
His liver is working hard to detoxify his body by killing the soulless bas-turd that inhabits it. Way to go, liver!
Hello, mainstream press!!! What's the feeling in the 'Arab street'? Are muslims 'enraged'?? How scared are we supposed to be? Someone, please get the DNC spin out here so I know how to feel about this
Note: this topic is from 12/14/2006. Thanks WestTexasWend.
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